F10 takes you to the bios settings. What happens if you press f8 repeatedly when it boots up? Is there an option for a recovery console?
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ere's a link to the primary support page for your system, at HP.com.But please try to follow the steps in
this article, or
this article, even though they apply to vista..Expecially focus on the "standard steps to resolve most staartup problems." Also recovery options
here.
Finally, read the startup repair section in the windows 7 help and how to,
available here. I'm not familiar enough with the vista to windows 7 upgrade to give you a lot of advice on this startup problem, but here's
one possible article that may prove helpful, if you can get that far...
I hope this information allows you to resolve this issue. If you need further assistance, please post back with a comment to this thread.
If I've managed to answer your question or solve a problem, please take just a moment to rate this post....thanks!
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